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HR 1132 112th Congress House Emergency Management Aviation and airports Building construction Emergency planning and evacuation Health facilities and institutions Health programs administration and funding Natural disasters Transportation programs funding

Critical Infrastructure Earthquake Preparedness Act of 2011

Introduced: March 16, 2011 Introduced by: Cohen, Steve Democratic · Tennessee See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Mar 17, 2011
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
Mar 16, 2011
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Mar 16, 2011
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Critical Infrastructure Earthquake Preparedness Act of 2011 - Directs the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to establish a program to make grants to state and local governments to assist them in projects that improve the ability of trauma center hospitals and/or airports in hazardous seismic zones to withstand an earthquake.

Directs the Administrator to require each state and local government, as a condition for receiving a grant, to submit to the Administrator: (1) a comprehensive strategic earthquake response plan for such facility, and (2) a list of grant activities that analyzes their impact.

What's happening now March 17, 2011

Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.

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